Qichen Yang, one of the students of the ICM program who graduated this May, filmed and edited video material to create a documentary series about the students' trip to China. These videos give insight into the students' experiences and impressions of culture and society in Beijing and Sanya.

In what has become an annual fall tradition on the Queens, NY, campus, St. John’s University hosted local Catholic high school principals, guidance counselors, and senior University administrators for an appreciation dinner and discussion of shared issues and ideas in secondary and higher education.

St. John’s 27th Annual Winter Carnival, a week-long celebration of the season, concluded on December 6 as students, faculty, staff, alumni, and parents gathered on the Queens campus for the University’s Christmas tree lighting and Grucci fireworks display.

Dedicating a permanent memorial to a towering figure in Red Storm and American basketball history, St. John’s University unveiled an 11-foot-six-inch bronze statue of the late and legendary men’s basketball Coach Joe Lapchick.

Thanks to new pledges of $225,000 from two leading foundations, a collaborative effort between St. John’s University and Staten Island’s other two colleges is well positioned to continue its mission of preparing the borough’s young residents for success in college.